Bad Bleiberg

Infobox Town AT
name=Bad Bleiberg
name_local=
image_coa = Wappen at bad-bleiberg.png

state = Carinthia
regbzk =
district = Villach-Land
population =2753
population_as_of = 2001
population_ref =
pop_dens =
area = 44.8
elevation = 902
lat_deg=46
lat_min=38
lat_hem=N
lon_deg=13
lon_min=40
lon_hem=E
postal_code = 9530, 9531
area_code =04244
mayor = Gunnar Illing
website = [http://www.bad-bleiberg.at www.bad-bleiberg.at]

Bad Bleiberg ( _sl. Plajberk pri Beljaku) is a market town in the district of Villach-Land in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Originally a mining area, especially for lead ( _de. Blei), Bad Bleiberg today due to its hot springs is a spa town. It consists of the Katastralgemeinden "Bleiberg" and "Kreuth".Bad Bleiberg is situated west of the district capital of Villach on the northern slope of the "Dobratsch" massif, part of the Gailtal Alps mountain range.

King Henry II of Germany granted the area to the newly created Bishopric of Bamberg at the Frankfurt synod of November 1, 1007. The mine was first mentioned as "Pleyberg" in a 1333 deed and operated by the Fugger family in the 15th century. Georg Agricola described the mining and smelting of lead and zinc in his 1556 book De Re Metallica. In 1759 the Bamberg estates were acquired by Maria Theresa of Austria. The mine was closed in 1993 for economic reasons.

When in 1951 a hot spring flooded an adit, a public bath was established and Bleiberg received the official "Bad" title of a spa town in 1978.

Twin town

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